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A review by palmkd
Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
4.0
This was my second book by Emma Mills and I enjoyed it very much! (Foolish Hearts was my first and is currently my favorite YA contemporary).
FYI, there is some language in the story and a small amount of perhaps inappropriate jokes, but that just adds to the realness of this group of friends, in my opinion. I could have easily been part of Sophie’s group in high school, well okay, replace band with theatre and beer with energy drinks and then that would be the case. I felt the small-town vibe was well done in this story. I enjoyed the fact that Sophie cared so much about doing everything she could for the band, even if that meant obsessing over getting a country star to return to her home town. Most of the characters had to come to terms with something or another over the course of the story, and I liked how they worked things out with their friends, and I was actually surprised (in a good way) by one event later on in the book. It will be an important detail to think about when I inevitably reread it. The story is for the most part light hearted, but there were some heavier emotional moments as well, which just added to the richness of the story. Definitely recommend.
FYI, there is some language in the story and a small amount of perhaps inappropriate jokes, but that just adds to the realness of this group of friends, in my opinion. I could have easily been part of Sophie’s group in high school, well okay, replace band with theatre and beer with energy drinks and then that would be the case. I felt the small-town vibe was well done in this story. I enjoyed the fact that Sophie cared so much about doing everything she could for the band, even if that meant obsessing over getting a country star to return to her home town. Most of the characters had to come to terms with something or another over the course of the story, and I liked how they worked things out with their friends, and I was actually surprised (in a good way) by one event later on in the book. It will be an important detail to think about when I inevitably reread it. The story is for the most part light hearted, but there were some heavier emotional moments as well, which just added to the richness of the story. Definitely recommend.